In the biggest israeli military it was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. Israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. By morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. Home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. At least ten palestinians have been killed. Hamas says six of them were its fighters. Masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. Translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky and there was an explosion. I was unaware of what was going on. When i put my hand on my chest, it was all shrapnel and blood. Injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city s two main hospitals. Ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. Israel s foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing with armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and that this was a
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Its foreign minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of dire and dangerous results. Palestinian president mahmoud abbas has cut short a visit to saudi arabia because of the attacks. Let s take a closer look at the west bank and what it actually is. It s land on the west bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. It s been occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s government hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The hospital entrance isjust behind this army vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army